Jenna Lee Interview

A Role In Wall Street 2?

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The life of a television personality can be quite busy. Why don't you tell us what a typical day is like for you?

Jenna Lee: OK, well I get up at 2 a.m. I get in to work around 2:30 a.m. I start prepping for the show and for the day, and I start my show at 5 a.m. I'm on the air from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and I essentially do two shows between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. because in those three hours, I do an online show and I also do the Don Imus show. So it's double-duty for those three hours. When I get off the air at 9 a.m., I start prepping for my reports on FOX News [where] I'm part of a show called Happening Now between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., [and] I have team meetings with the team about the show that just happened. I'll have to correspond with my new team about the show I'm about to do.

Then at 1 p.m., I'm off the air technically, but normally I have [interviews] -- whether it's just an interview to do with another journalist or if I'm doing an additional radio interview for FOX News, for example. I have to start catching up with e-mail that I've missed throughout the day or whatever it is, so I probably don't get out of work until about 2:30 p.m. Normally, in the evenings, if it's between 6:30 and 7:30 or so, I'll just kind of catch up on the news of the day. I'll watch one of the evening news shows -- just so I'll know what to think about for the next day, and hopefully I can fall asleep by about 8:30 p.m.

In those rare moments when you have some real downtime for yourself and some time off, what do you like to do for fun?

JL: If I do have a couple of hours free in the afternoon, I'm very active. I like to exercise -- go for a run. I'll go. I'll do something active and that's really a priority for me. I come from a very athletic family. So that's kind of what I focus on, even on the weekends. That just means a longer workout. That's fun for me. If I can get out and do some hiking, if I can do some sort of outdoor activity, that's really a big joy for me.

What's something about you that people might not expect or that people might not know?

JL: I think one of the things people might not realize is that in my private life, I'm actually pretty introverted. For someone that does something on television, I still get nervous 100% going into a cocktail party or event or any of that. I've never been good at that. I've never felt comfortable, and still, to this day, I can't walk into an event and think, "Hey, I got this."

That's never my approach. Despite having such a kind of extroverted personality -- and I definitely have that side to me as well -- there are definitely parts of me that are rather shy and a little introverted.

So on AskMen.com, we obviously talk a lot about men and women, and how they interact. For you, what's the most important quality that a guy needs to have if he wants to get to know you better, and why?

JL: I think the most important quality is respect, you know. For me, my schedule is insane, and it goes far and beyond an expectation of another person, a relationship -- whether it's friendship or otherwise. It takes a lot of understanding. For me, it's a real level of respect. Respect for my career, for my time, and knowing that this is bizarre, but this is my life right now, and I need that to be respected. Beyond that, it's a little bit lighter. It's more just being quick-witted, having a great sense of humor, and being really smart. Those are things that make meeting any sort of guy -- no matter who they are to you -- great.

You're a fan of classic cars. What are the essential classic cars that every guy should absolutely be aware of?

JL: Maybe not so much the classic cars, but they need to know what Mopar means. They need to know what a Muncie Hurst 4-Speed is, and they just need to be able to talk cars. It's more about being able to talk about engines and transmissions and -- if you want a few cars -- I mean, you need to know a '63 Apollo, not a '64 because the '64's a little too cliché. Know a '66 Mustang and not a '65, and know how you can tell a Buick from a Chevy if you're looking at a 1958 Chevy vs. a 1958 Buick.

So how did you get interested in classic cars?

JL: My dad had a 1958 Impala in our garage, and it was one of those cars gathering dust and having a lot of things piled on top of it, and I used to go down and I liked to play in it. It was like a time capsule to me, because there were still things in it that were from the 1950s and '60s -- papers and things like that. So when I got to the age of being near getting my license, I rolled the car out because I just couldn't drive it. It wasn't working. The battery wasn't working and the like, and I would wash it. I just liked the car, and we eventually got it working again. I learned how to drive a stick shift on that car, which was no easy task. It was a rebuilt transmission, so there was a 4-speed, even though it wasn't originally a 4-speed… To drive a '58 Impala in the hills of San Francisco was pretty intense, that's for sure.

You mentioned your family as being very athletic. Your dad played in the NFL and your brother's a starting quarterback at Nebraska, so what can you tell us about your own sports background and your sporting interests now?

JL: Sure, well, I started in ballet as a little girl, but then I wanted to play British baseball with my brothers. So that's kind of the way the direction went. I played softball, soccer and basketball through high school -- played first year of college Division 1 softball for UC Santa Barbara. I walked on the team there, but when I got out of college, I decided that I was going to run. So then I ran a lot and I did a half-marathon and then I thought, "Oh, I'm going to do yoga" and I did yoga full-on. Then, when I got to FOX, I was trying to find a good exercise I could do in the afternoons, so I did pilates for a while. I'm always going to be interested in sports. I always like watching sports. I like watching football. Football season is my favorite season of the year.

There are rumors that you might have a role in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, Oliver Stone's new movie. What can you tell us about that?

JL: Well, I have no information about the Oliver Stone movie. I'm flattered by the mentions and some of the gossip, but I haven't been contacted. So I actually have nothing more to say on it. I'll let you know as soon as I do. It sounds like a great movie, right? Who wouldn't want to be a part of that? But I haven't been contacted yet. All of that speculation is speculation at this point. If I get a signed contract, I'm on that movie.